The small city of 41144 Greenup, KY is home to an engaged community that takes its politics seriously. Though voter turnout averages are slightly lower than the national average, citizens take the time to research candidates and issues on the local and state level in order to make informed decisions. In recent years, there have been contested races for county sheriff, magistrate, treasury and mayor of Greenup. The candidates vary greatly in their political backgrounds and policy stances, giving citizens a range of choices to select from when casting their ballots. Local elections are often won by slim margins as people stand behind their candidate of choice and make their opinions heard at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 41144 (Greenup, KY) is very conservative.
Greenup County, KY is very conservative. In Greenup County, KY 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenup county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.8%.
Greenup county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41144 (Greenup, KY) is very conservative.
Greenup, Kentucky is very conservative.
Greenup County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland Metro Area is very conservative.
Kentucky is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Greenup, Kentucky: r r R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 41144 (Greenup)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $1,313 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,421 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)